Did you ever sit down and think about how people make pictures? When someone asks you to draw a picture, you instantly run to a piece of paper, grab some colouring pencils and get to work. But did you ever think about drawing pictures using other things? Like, oh lets say, Photoshop?! I personally use photoshop to fix pictures, but never to create one. Im sure that less people use photoshop for creating their own uniqe, individual pictures. And I'm not talking about copy and pasting pictures and fixing them, I'm talking about creating a picture, from scratch.
Yesterday in class, we learned how to make our own pictures from scratch using photoshop. And how interesting I must say it was. Mr.Case showed us how to make our own pictures using photoshop tools. He started out with something very simple. Drawing a brick wall. It was very interesting, the way you can make artwork with photoshop and make it look real. We looked at Bert Monroy's picture. It was amazing, the details he had put into the pictures he had made with only photoshop tools and nothing else. Here's a site you can go on to look at some of the amazing things he does.
Bertmonroy.com
http://www.econsultant.com/web-design-galleries/b/bertmonroy-com.html
It's amazing what you can really do with only photoshop.
Anyways, back to what I was saying before. Here are some tips you should know.
The most common sizes for printing are 8x10 and 5x7. Gaussian means it is a random motion.
But do you know what uniform means? It means the same all the way.
Here's another trick Mr.Case did to make the brick wall. He merged all the slides. Meaning he put all the layers together. Keep in mind that if there is an eye icon beside your layer, it will be merged. In order to prevent that, you click on the eye icon and remove it so that it will stay unaffected.
There were many other cool things that Mr.Case did in order to turn a single rectangle into a piece of a brick wall. From making some places darker, some places look like the brick has broken or is cracked, to many other interesting things.
We were supposed to spend the rest of the class time exploring photoshop and trying to come up with out own unique picture made from only photoshop tools.
Have fun, and be creative!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
You need a tools menu for. . EVERYTHING!
People complained about how the wiki wasn't up to date for the Microsoft Word test. So we have to get the pages for photoshop into the wiki so that we can study for the test that it bound to be coming up in a while.
Everyone is responsible for knowing everything that we learn in photoshop, but everyone also has to be responsible for a function on photoshop and making a page on the wiki.
Here is a quick review of the tools that are on the toolbar on the left of your page.
Elliptical Marquee Tool: You can use this tool to select a certain area on your image. You have an option of choosing from a circular, oval, or rectangular shaped selector. Lets say you want to colour in a part of your image without getting the colour on the rest of the picture. So what you do is select the kind of shape you want, select the area and make any changes to it. Once you have finished, you can turn off the selecting by clicking Ctr+D.
Move tool: If you have inserted a picture, object, or text into your image and you want to move it around to the area you want, you select the move tool, which looks like an arrow, and you can move it around.
Lasso Tool: Lets say you want to have two of the same shape in your picture. So the first thing you think of is copy the shape in your picture and pasting it somewhere else. Here's a tool that will almost guarantee a perfect replica of the shape you have selected. You use the lasso tool to select the outsides of the shape/image that you want a replica of. What the lasso tool does is that it makes sure that it can get the edges of the shape as perfectly as it can so that its copy will look almost alike.
feather tool- softens your selection
when you change your feather to 20, and you want to do that to the picture, then it will make your picture kind of soft.
Magic Wand Tool: lets say you want to choose all the pixels in the picture that are the same colour or ten steps away, then you would select the pixel you want and it will highlight all the pixels in the screen that are the same colour. Contiguous means touching.
Crop Tool: The crop tool is very handy when you want a certain part of your picture taken out of a final copy. You can do this by going to the crop tool and selecting an area in which you want taken out. Let's say you want to put a picture on the Internet, and you choose the size of the picture you want. Once you have chosen the size of your picture, then go to the crop tool to crop your picture, the tool will be a square and it will be the same size that you selected. And when you print it, it will be the same size that you selected.
Type Tool: The type tool is handy when you want to amaze your friends by putting words onto your picture. You simply go to the type tool and select an area in which you want your text to appear on.
Polygon Tool: Now having a simple picture isn't enough to dazzle a group of friends. So the next best thing is to add different shapes to your picture. All you need to do is go to the polygon tool and select the shapes you want into your picture. Keep in mind that these shapes are not hearts and stars but only polygons of different sizes and colours.
Gradient Tool: What this tool does is that it creates a blend between two colours. So if you have an area that is blank and is in between two shades of colours, you can colour in that blank area with a combination of both colours.
Airbrush Tool: This creates an airbrush effect. Sort of like a soft look to the picture but not entirely visible. It more or less blends in with the picture to make it look more natural, although only if you use the right amount, then it would look very fake and airbrushed.
Paintbrush Tool: As you can probably tell from the name of the tool, it is used like a paintbrush. Most of the things you do in Photoshop require you to use the paintbrush tool. It is kind of like a pencil that you would normally use to do everything with. Also, don't forget that you can change the size of the brush and the effect it has on the picture. For instance, you can make it soft light, hard edges, hard light, dissolve and many more.
Paint Bucket Tool: You have a blank area and you want to fill it in. What tool do you use? Paint Bucket tool. This is used to fill in an area with the colour you have selected.
Eraser Tool: Out of all the functions, I think this one is the most obvious. Yes, it is the eraser tool. But don't be tricked, there are three different erasers you can use. The normal eraser tool. You use it to erase a part of your picture. Background eraser tool is used for erasing things only in the background. And the Magic eraser, which uses tolerance to erase everything within the amount of tolerance you have put into it.
Impression Brush: It is very similar to the paintbrush but instead it adds an impression to the image. For example, you can make your picture look like it has been pencil drawn or painted.
Blur Tool: The blur tool is used to blur any part of your picture that you chose. In my opinion, i think that this is a very useful tool for when you have text on a picture you have selected off the Internet, and you want to erase the text. There are a few ways in which you can do this, but you can use the blur tool to blur the text and then o over it with the same color.
Sharpen Tool: This sharpens your image by increasing the contrast between the image. Though keep in mind that if you have taken a picture and your hands have shaken and you are planing on sharpening it, make sure you use it to some extent or it will look fake.
Sponge Tool: This softens your picture and blends all the colours in with each other. Lets say someone in your picture looks mad but they really aren't, you can use this icon to soften their look.
Smudge Tool: Don't get this wrong with the sponge tool. They are totally different. This tool smudges your image and makes it look out of proportion if you have used too much.
Red Eye Tool: Oh man! Another picture with red eyes for everyone. How do you fix this? Go to the red eye tool, and go to the place that is red and click on it once. It will make the red eye look darker.
Dodge Tool/Burn Tool: The doge tool lightens an image. It is used for highlights for some one's hair. The burn tool makes you look darker.
Clone Stamp Tool: This is used to make clones of an object. You can make as many as you want. Just click Alt+Click.
Eye Dropper: You can use this tool to select a colour in your image and use that colour to colour in the rest of your picture and it will look almost the same.
Hand Tool: This tool moves the objects on your picture around.
Zoom Tool: This is pretty straight forward too. You use this tool to zoom into or out of a picture.
That's everything!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Everyone is responsible for knowing everything that we learn in photoshop, but everyone also has to be responsible for a function on photoshop and making a page on the wiki.
Here is a quick review of the tools that are on the toolbar on the left of your page.
Elliptical Marquee Tool: You can use this tool to select a certain area on your image. You have an option of choosing from a circular, oval, or rectangular shaped selector. Lets say you want to colour in a part of your image without getting the colour on the rest of the picture. So what you do is select the kind of shape you want, select the area and make any changes to it. Once you have finished, you can turn off the selecting by clicking Ctr+D.
Move tool: If you have inserted a picture, object, or text into your image and you want to move it around to the area you want, you select the move tool, which looks like an arrow, and you can move it around.
Lasso Tool: Lets say you want to have two of the same shape in your picture. So the first thing you think of is copy the shape in your picture and pasting it somewhere else. Here's a tool that will almost guarantee a perfect replica of the shape you have selected. You use the lasso tool to select the outsides of the shape/image that you want a replica of. What the lasso tool does is that it makes sure that it can get the edges of the shape as perfectly as it can so that its copy will look almost alike.
feather tool- softens your selection
when you change your feather to 20, and you want to do that to the picture, then it will make your picture kind of soft.
Magic Wand Tool: lets say you want to choose all the pixels in the picture that are the same colour or ten steps away, then you would select the pixel you want and it will highlight all the pixels in the screen that are the same colour. Contiguous means touching.
Crop Tool: The crop tool is very handy when you want a certain part of your picture taken out of a final copy. You can do this by going to the crop tool and selecting an area in which you want taken out. Let's say you want to put a picture on the Internet, and you choose the size of the picture you want. Once you have chosen the size of your picture, then go to the crop tool to crop your picture, the tool will be a square and it will be the same size that you selected. And when you print it, it will be the same size that you selected.
Type Tool: The type tool is handy when you want to amaze your friends by putting words onto your picture. You simply go to the type tool and select an area in which you want your text to appear on.
Polygon Tool: Now having a simple picture isn't enough to dazzle a group of friends. So the next best thing is to add different shapes to your picture. All you need to do is go to the polygon tool and select the shapes you want into your picture. Keep in mind that these shapes are not hearts and stars but only polygons of different sizes and colours.
Gradient Tool: What this tool does is that it creates a blend between two colours. So if you have an area that is blank and is in between two shades of colours, you can colour in that blank area with a combination of both colours.
Airbrush Tool: This creates an airbrush effect. Sort of like a soft look to the picture but not entirely visible. It more or less blends in with the picture to make it look more natural, although only if you use the right amount, then it would look very fake and airbrushed.
Paintbrush Tool: As you can probably tell from the name of the tool, it is used like a paintbrush. Most of the things you do in Photoshop require you to use the paintbrush tool. It is kind of like a pencil that you would normally use to do everything with. Also, don't forget that you can change the size of the brush and the effect it has on the picture. For instance, you can make it soft light, hard edges, hard light, dissolve and many more.
Paint Bucket Tool: You have a blank area and you want to fill it in. What tool do you use? Paint Bucket tool. This is used to fill in an area with the colour you have selected.
Eraser Tool: Out of all the functions, I think this one is the most obvious. Yes, it is the eraser tool. But don't be tricked, there are three different erasers you can use. The normal eraser tool. You use it to erase a part of your picture. Background eraser tool is used for erasing things only in the background. And the Magic eraser, which uses tolerance to erase everything within the amount of tolerance you have put into it.
Impression Brush: It is very similar to the paintbrush but instead it adds an impression to the image. For example, you can make your picture look like it has been pencil drawn or painted.
Blur Tool: The blur tool is used to blur any part of your picture that you chose. In my opinion, i think that this is a very useful tool for when you have text on a picture you have selected off the Internet, and you want to erase the text. There are a few ways in which you can do this, but you can use the blur tool to blur the text and then o over it with the same color.
Sharpen Tool: This sharpens your image by increasing the contrast between the image. Though keep in mind that if you have taken a picture and your hands have shaken and you are planing on sharpening it, make sure you use it to some extent or it will look fake.
Sponge Tool: This softens your picture and blends all the colours in with each other. Lets say someone in your picture looks mad but they really aren't, you can use this icon to soften their look.
Smudge Tool: Don't get this wrong with the sponge tool. They are totally different. This tool smudges your image and makes it look out of proportion if you have used too much.
Red Eye Tool: Oh man! Another picture with red eyes for everyone. How do you fix this? Go to the red eye tool, and go to the place that is red and click on it once. It will make the red eye look darker.
Dodge Tool/Burn Tool: The doge tool lightens an image. It is used for highlights for some one's hair. The burn tool makes you look darker.
Clone Stamp Tool: This is used to make clones of an object. You can make as many as you want. Just click Alt+Click.
Eye Dropper: You can use this tool to select a colour in your image and use that colour to colour in the rest of your picture and it will look almost the same.
Hand Tool: This tool moves the objects on your picture around.
Zoom Tool: This is pretty straight forward too. You use this tool to zoom into or out of a picture.
That's everything!
Bye.
- Peggy .
Friday, February 20, 2009
gnixiF serutciP <- Fixing Pictures (backwards)
Here are some cool facts you should watch out for when you are working on photoshop. Whenever you want to fix a picture, always try to make layers. Have your original first and then keep making layers on top of it. So that if you ever mess up the other layers, you have your original at hand.
A histogram is a graphic representation of levels.
Ever wonder how someone can make a picture look like its taken at night, or its very old fashioned? Well here's a cool way you can change your pictures' lights to make the picture different. For example you can make your picture black and white, or old fashioned. And anything else you would like to do. Directors sometimes use these features too. The record a movie in the morning but then change the light settings to make it look like it was filmed at night. All you need to do is got to the top of your page to Enhance, then colour and high/saturation. Then a screen comes up with all the colours and you can then change the colours of your picture to make it whatever you want.
In order to see the hexadecimal values of your picture, you go to Enhance, Brightness/ Contrats, Levels. Although most people don't need to be using a 24 megapixel camera because there is no use for it.
Good Day,
- Peggy .
A histogram is a graphic representation of levels.
Ever wonder how someone can make a picture look like its taken at night, or its very old fashioned? Well here's a cool way you can change your pictures' lights to make the picture different. For example you can make your picture black and white, or old fashioned. And anything else you would like to do. Directors sometimes use these features too. The record a movie in the morning but then change the light settings to make it look like it was filmed at night. All you need to do is got to the top of your page to Enhance, then colour and high/saturation. Then a screen comes up with all the colours and you can then change the colours of your picture to make it whatever you want.
In order to see the hexadecimal values of your picture, you go to Enhance, Brightness/ Contrats, Levels. Although most people don't need to be using a 24 megapixel camera because there is no use for it.
Good Day,
- Peggy .
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Resolution Expert WANTED!!
Here is a very quick review of what we did two classes ago.
Resolution is the number of pixels in a screen. As we know, each pixel is made up of three colours. Red, green blue. Each one has 256 including 0.
If you put all the colours together, you get white.
Here are some new information we are learning about this class.
For finding the size of an image, you go to File, Image size. Once you click on that, a page will come up telling you the picture image. If you zoom up very closely, you can see the different pixel colours. Pixelation is when you can see all the pixels. By moving the picture back and forth, your not changing the resolution, you are just zooming in. 300 DPI (dots per inch) is the resolution we use for printing the pictures.
4 by 6 is the most common size for pictures.
72 DPI is the most common size we use for computers because you can't see 300DPI in a computer screen, so use 72 DPI for a computer screen.
Lest say you have 300DPI in your picture, and lets say you take half of the resolution away from the picture, so you only use 150DPI, you will half your pixels, meaning you will make your picture a quarter of the original. As much as you half the DPI, the resolution will be a quarter of the one before it. If you were to double your resolution on a picture, you will get four times the picture. The only time you would use 1200DPI is when you want to expand your picture once you have printed it.
If you want to print something, you would usually want a high resolution so that your picture will turn out better.
Rule: When you are working with an image, you always want to use the best quality and highest resolution. Once you want to put it onto the Internet, you can change the resolution.
But keep in mind that if you ever take information out of a picture, in other words make the resolution lower, you can never get the information back.
The pixels are the DPI. SO if you have a DPI of ten, it means that there are 10 pixels in one inch.
The last thing we are going to talk about is file format.
JPEG is a file format. It is that way you can save a file. JPEG takes some information out of a picture that is not needed. TIFF (tagged image file format)
PSD is loss less. No information is taken away. Always save your files as a PSD because it never takes information away from a picture. But if you save it as a JPEG, each time you open the file, not change anything, and save it again, it will automatically take some information away, even if you have not changed or touched anything of the picture.
But the disadvantage of a PSD picture is that they are big, therefore some people might not be able to open the picture.
I think I've learned enough today,
Bye. =]
-Peggy .
Resolution is the number of pixels in a screen. As we know, each pixel is made up of three colours. Red, green blue. Each one has 256 including 0.
If you put all the colours together, you get white.
Here are some new information we are learning about this class.
For finding the size of an image, you go to File, Image size. Once you click on that, a page will come up telling you the picture image. If you zoom up very closely, you can see the different pixel colours. Pixelation is when you can see all the pixels. By moving the picture back and forth, your not changing the resolution, you are just zooming in. 300 DPI (dots per inch) is the resolution we use for printing the pictures.
4 by 6 is the most common size for pictures.
72 DPI is the most common size we use for computers because you can't see 300DPI in a computer screen, so use 72 DPI for a computer screen.
Lest say you have 300DPI in your picture, and lets say you take half of the resolution away from the picture, so you only use 150DPI, you will half your pixels, meaning you will make your picture a quarter of the original. As much as you half the DPI, the resolution will be a quarter of the one before it. If you were to double your resolution on a picture, you will get four times the picture. The only time you would use 1200DPI is when you want to expand your picture once you have printed it.
If you want to print something, you would usually want a high resolution so that your picture will turn out better.
Rule: When you are working with an image, you always want to use the best quality and highest resolution. Once you want to put it onto the Internet, you can change the resolution.
But keep in mind that if you ever take information out of a picture, in other words make the resolution lower, you can never get the information back.
The pixels are the DPI. SO if you have a DPI of ten, it means that there are 10 pixels in one inch.
The last thing we are going to talk about is file format.
JPEG is a file format. It is that way you can save a file. JPEG takes some information out of a picture that is not needed. TIFF (tagged image file format)
PSD is loss less. No information is taken away. Always save your files as a PSD because it never takes information away from a picture. But if you save it as a JPEG, each time you open the file, not change anything, and save it again, it will automatically take some information away, even if you have not changed or touched anything of the picture.
But the disadvantage of a PSD picture is that they are big, therefore some people might not be able to open the picture.
I think I've learned enough today,
Bye. =]
-Peggy .
NOO TESTT NOO TESTT!!!!
IM SOO HAPPY!! MR.CASE IS THE BEST BECAUSE HE CANCELED THE TEST THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TODAY, SO NOW I HAVE MORE TIME TO STUDY FOR THE TEST ON MONDAY!!!
THATS GREAT, BUT WERE GOING TO DO WORK NOW, BUT ITS OKAY SO YEAH.
THANKS MR.CASE!!!!!!!
BYE.
-peggy .
THATS GREAT, BUT WERE GOING TO DO WORK NOW, BUT ITS OKAY SO YEAH.
THANKS MR.CASE!!!!!!!
BYE.
-peggy .
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Great Game!.
Hello.
I would really like to inform you on what we did today in class but I would like to point out that I was not in class because my team mates and I were at a volleyball tournament. The only thing I can really say is that we were supposed to have our test on Microsoft Word and the legal document guide, and I'm pretty sure the class did their test. I'm guessing it took the whole period. That's about it for now, I guess.
I'm studying for my test tomorrow, since I couldn't do it today, so i better go.
Oh and by the way, we won four our games and lost six. Yeah I know, that's pretty sad, but hey we tryed our best and that's all that matters right ? =] Well try harder next time!
Bye for now.
-Peggy .
I would really like to inform you on what we did today in class but I would like to point out that I was not in class because my team mates and I were at a volleyball tournament. The only thing I can really say is that we were supposed to have our test on Microsoft Word and the legal document guide, and I'm pretty sure the class did their test. I'm guessing it took the whole period. That's about it for now, I guess.
I'm studying for my test tomorrow, since I couldn't do it today, so i better go.
Oh and by the way, we won four our games and lost six. Yeah I know, that's pretty sad, but hey we tryed our best and that's all that matters right ? =] Well try harder next time!
Bye for now.
-Peggy .
Friday, February 13, 2009
What did we do?
On Wednesday, Mr.Case wasn't here and we had a supply teacher. So we had to go on the wiki and read our assignment off the wiki page. We had to go into photoshop and make something using the tools. Anything like a banner for our podcast, edit a picture of some sort, or make your own original design. That's about all we did. We also had to study for our test on Wednesday the 18th.
Oh and by the way, we were supposed to have the test on Wednesday but then it got postponed to the 18th.
So study hard!
Bye.
-Peggy .
Oh and by the way, we were supposed to have the test on Wednesday but then it got postponed to the 18th.
So study hard!
Bye.
-Peggy .
Monday, February 9, 2009
At this point, everyone appriciates binary. . !
Here's the most confusing thing you'll ever hear. Hexadecimals!! But gladly, its not so confusing after today's class. We spent all of today's class reviewing hexadecimals, and touching upon a little bit of binary as well. The only reason I'm saying that hexadecimals are confusing is because it not only requirs numbers, but letters too. But once you listen very carefully, and actually try to understand, rather than giving up, its fairly easy to grasp the context. Of course today wasn't our first class on learning hexadecimals, but I feel that a review always helps the proccess of understanding. So here's a quick review, and everything we talked about in class.
As you know, hexadecimals is base 16. Of course, in grade 2, we all learned this consept but with base 10, and a lot easier information. The reason i reflect back on grade 2 is because we have learned that there is always a ones place and a tens place. You can only go up to nine on the ones place, then you need to start carrying into the next column, which is the tens. Hexadecimals is similar. You go up to 9, and then when you get to 10, you also carry the one to the next column. The only difference here is that you cant have two digit numbers in one place value. So you can't write 10 under the tens value, because that would not work. So instead of writting a ten, you would start with the letter of the alphabet and work your way down. So you would write ''A'' under 16, and any number lower than 10 under the ones, depending on what number you are trying to get. So for example, if you wanted to make the number164, you would have to think how many 16's are in 164. In this case, there are ten 16's in 164. So you would put an ''A'' under 16, giving you 160. And you put place a 4 under the ones column, making 164!
Its very easy once you practice it a few times. Although, keep in mind that the letters only go up to ''F'', which is 15, because that is the highest value.
Another thing we quickly reviewed today was photoshop. We explored some photoshop, and got a general idea. Though we still have a lot to cover in the next while. We are soon going to learn how to fix pictures like their color, shapes, and so much more. But a cool fact that we learned today is that the hexadecimal code for colors can only go up to six digits. This is because of the RGB pixels. (red, green, blue) In every color there is some red, some gree, and some blue. Now each of them more or less, but they are always there, unless you want an absolute color. I wont get into a lot of detail for now untill we learn more.
So see you next time.
Bye.
-Peggy .
As you know, hexadecimals is base 16. Of course, in grade 2, we all learned this consept but with base 10, and a lot easier information. The reason i reflect back on grade 2 is because we have learned that there is always a ones place and a tens place. You can only go up to nine on the ones place, then you need to start carrying into the next column, which is the tens. Hexadecimals is similar. You go up to 9, and then when you get to 10, you also carry the one to the next column. The only difference here is that you cant have two digit numbers in one place value. So you can't write 10 under the tens value, because that would not work. So instead of writting a ten, you would start with the letter of the alphabet and work your way down. So you would write ''A'' under 16, and any number lower than 10 under the ones, depending on what number you are trying to get. So for example, if you wanted to make the number164, you would have to think how many 16's are in 164. In this case, there are ten 16's in 164. So you would put an ''A'' under 16, giving you 160. And you put place a 4 under the ones column, making 164!
Its very easy once you practice it a few times. Although, keep in mind that the letters only go up to ''F'', which is 15, because that is the highest value.
Another thing we quickly reviewed today was photoshop. We explored some photoshop, and got a general idea. Though we still have a lot to cover in the next while. We are soon going to learn how to fix pictures like their color, shapes, and so much more. But a cool fact that we learned today is that the hexadecimal code for colors can only go up to six digits. This is because of the RGB pixels. (red, green, blue) In every color there is some red, some gree, and some blue. Now each of them more or less, but they are always there, unless you want an absolute color. I wont get into a lot of detail for now untill we learn more.
So see you next time.
Bye.
-Peggy .
Do you want to go to jail?
You all better know that legal document Mr.Case gave us a while ago, and you better know it good, because were having a test on it on Wednesday, and whoever fails that part. . goes to JAIL ! No I'm just kidding. But its a great idea to know that document because you never know where it might come handy. Don't just memorize everything because we have a test on Wednesday [and yes i said test], but actually take the time to learn it and be familiar with it. Now I'm not saying read the whole thing because its a heck of a long thing, but know the basic facts. That's pretty much all i can say about that section of the test that you need to study for. Also another thing you need to know about is Microsoft Word. Especially after we did all those tutorials, you should be an expert at it. Were having a test on Wednesday on these two things so make sure you study! And if your wondering if the hexadecimals are going to be on the test, then you don't need to worry about them just yet, but they will show up on the next test. Which is by the way coming up pretty soon. So be familiar with it all.
That's about all I can say for now.
Just study hard!
Report cards are coming out soon!! :\
Bye.
- Peggy .
That's about all I can say for now.
Just study hard!
Report cards are coming out soon!! :\
Bye.
- Peggy .
Friday, February 6, 2009
A friday. .
Heres what we all did today. We finished out tutorials and spent the rest of the class bulding the wiki. What a great way to end a friday evening, dont you think?
Well, we are about finished with out tutorials, so now its up to the layout people to finish the job and for the editors to edit everything and hand it in.
Hurraayyy !!!
And hopefully we can get everything done and sell some of our books to people.
Thats all the news for now.
Oh by the way, check out P&N News, me and Neda's podcast!! =]
byee.
- Peggy .
Well, we are about finished with out tutorials, so now its up to the layout people to finish the job and for the editors to edit everything and hand it in.
Hurraayyy !!!
And hopefully we can get everything done and sell some of our books to people.
Thats all the news for now.
Oh by the way, check out P&N News, me and Neda's podcast!! =]
byee.
- Peggy .
Thursday, February 5, 2009
How many colors can we realy see?
Look around you. How many colors can you spot in a busy room? I bet you think you can see all the different colors in this world just perfectly. Sorry to tell you that your wrong. Humans can only see a certain amount of colors, after that we see nothing but white. But in truth, there are many colors that exist out there, but our eyes are just not strong enough to spot them all. We learned a bit about the color prism, and how you shine light through one end, and you see all the colors of the rainbow on the other. But I wont get into detail about science. Anyways, today in class we got familiar with colors. Although all of us were hoping to learn a little about photoshop, we were surprised on the color lesson. But as we learned later on, that color is a very important aspect of photoshop, and about anything else too. We talked a little about the color wheel. How we use each of the colors in the color wheel everyday, and sometimes without knowing we use them. For example, when you go to print a picture in color, have you noticed that the colors almost never turn out the same shade as in the picture on your computer screen? Well that's because the printer we use actually uses four other colors to make the colors we want. These four colors are CYMK (cyan, yellow,magenta and key which really is black.)
As we learned at the beginning of the year, the computer uses pixels to show any image. Each pixel is called an RGB pixel. Also known as Red, Green, and Blue pixels. Each pixel contains red, green, and blue. As we take away or add more of these three colors to our pixels, the colors change. For example, if you have more red and blue than green in your pixel, the color will come out shades closer to red and blue.
Each color has 256 picture elements(pixels) in every color. As mentioned before, it contains red, green and blue to make a perfect color. A perfect color is if you enter 255, because 0 is also a level. Then your result will be a perfect blue, meaning it contains no red and green.
If you put all the colors together, you are going to end up with white, and if you enter no levels, you will get black.
Here's a cool fact. There are 16.7 million different shades of colors that we can see! So if you thought you could ever run out of colors to use, think about how many you can choose from!
We learned that the computer has pixels that show colors, but each color on the computer screen is measured in hexadecimals. Just like the binary code we learned about, this is similar to it. Except this is base 16, rather than base 10. So you have to go up by 16's. But here's the tricky part. You cant write two digit numbers in the space because that would give the wrong impression. So what you have to do is use the letters of the alphabet to represent numbers higher than 9. So instead of writing 10 in the box, you would write A. B would be equal to 11. C=12. D=13. E=14. And F=15. Keep in mind that you cant go any further than F(15). Hexadecimals is like the computers language. Its just another way of showing different shades of colors on a computer screen!
Well that's a lot of learning to do.
But for now, its done.
Later days.
- Peggy .
Monday, February 2, 2009
Only 10 friends.
Hey! Today in class we spent the whole period working on the assignment Mr.Case had left for us. We each had to make up a letter for 10 different people, that we would like so send to, suing mail merge. We write our letter and print the document to the Microsoft image. And once your done, work on the wiki.
That's about all we did today.
Bye.
Peggy .
That's about all we did today.
Bye.
Peggy .
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